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Author Topic: In-flight Entertainment Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-08-2011 08:54 PM                        Newsreel footage of screening of "Bachelor in Paradise" on TWA flight in 1961. Also, for whatever it's worth, the MARC-300 bulb was designed for airline use.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 08-09-2011 01:00 PM                     quote: Leo Enticknap Wasn't Super 8 optical sound developed more or less entirely for this market? I don't know; several of the 16mm libraries started offering some titles on 8mm as well about 25 years ago though the number of titles was rather limited. At least one of them, I think it was Columbia-Warner, started out with magnetic, but then switched to optical. The airlines certainly used it; I've got a 200 foot airline advertising reel somewhere, and the sound quality is not as bad as I thought it would be. The track is a single bi-lateral type, and is dye, cyan and magenta, with no re-developed silver. I've also got a feature film, but the track is mis-printed, and won't scan properly. With such a narrow track any mis-allignment either of track printing, or of soundhead, sounds pretty bad. I've also got a faded Pathé Pictorial about the opening of a drive-in cinema in Italy.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-10-2011 02:08 AM                     Interesting video Scott. I noticed 1961 did not have screaming babies on board. Leo, I've seen 8mm video decks used in American Airlines flights today on those little drop-down screens that are about every 2-3 rows.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-12-2011 04:52 PM                        I don't know if that was 8mm Hope was carrying. That't looks like a lot more than 109min of 8mm film. The width of the case looks more like it could be 16mm.  |  IP: Logged

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